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SUMMARY:Author talk:  Population 485 & Jesus Cow with Michael Perry
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist M
 ichael Perry\, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the e
 xperiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the e
 veryday people who reside in them. .\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/
 event/15598530
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In Michael Perry&rsquo\;s memoir\,&nbsp\;P
 opulation: 485\, the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pisto
 l and a Bible\, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is
  a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives\, and the back road
 s are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Against a backdrop of
  fires and tangled wrecks\, bar fights and smelt feeds\, Perry tells a fre
 quently comic tale leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and sea
 ring tragedy.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Jesus Cow\, Perry&rsquo\;s fiction debut\, is
  a hilarious yet sincere exploration of faith and the foibles of modern li
 fe. Low-key Harley Jackson finds himself entangled in drama from all corne
 rs: A woman in a big red pickup has stolen his bachelor&rsquo\;s heart\, a
  Hummer-driving predatory developer is threatening to pave the last vestig
 es of his family farm\, and inside his barn is a calf bearing the image of
  Jesus Christ&ndash\;a secret he wants to keep quiet\, until the truth sli
 ps right through the barn door.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Register today to hear more
  about Perry&rsquo\;s expansive collection of stories!</p>\n<p>About the A
 uthor:&nbsp\;Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author\, humori
 st\, corporate speaker\,&nbsp\;volunteer firefighter/first responder\, and
  amateur snowplow driver. A lifelong resident of&nbsp\;the rural Midwest\,
  his &ldquo\;reflective roughneck&rdquo\; takes on life in Middle America 
 have left&nbsp\;hundreds of thousands of readers and live audiences laughi
 ng\, nodding\, and&nbsp\;sometimes misty.</p>\n<p>Perry\, a registered nur
 se who put himself through college working as a Wyoming&nbsp\;cowboy and a
  roller-skating Snoopy produces the popular audio newsletter &ldquo\;Micha
 el&nbsp\;Perry&rsquo\;s Voice Mail\,&rdquo\; performs widely as a humorist
  and speaker\, tours with his band&nbsp\;The Long Beds\, works as a script
  writer\, voiceover artist and audiobook narrator\, and&nbsp\;still makes 
 an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service.</p>\n
 <p>Perry lives in rural Wisconsin and can be found online at www.sneezingc
 ow.com.</p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/15598530
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